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Best secondary schools in Coventry

21 of 22 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Coventry schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Eden Girls' School, Coventry Coventry 1.52 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School Coventry hidden gem 0.52 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Barr's Hill School Coventry 0.47 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Stoke Park School Coventry hidden gem 0.38 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College Coventry 0.32 Good improving oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Grace Academy Coventry Coventry hidden gem 0.31 Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 President Kennedy School Academy Coventry 0.27 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Cardinal Newman Catholic School Coventry hidden gem 0.26 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Finham Park School Coventry 0.2 Not judged about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Caludon Castle School Coventry hidden gem 0.17 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Coventry hidden gem -0.05 Good undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 The Westwood Academy Coventry -0.08 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Sidney Stringer Academy Coventry -0.19 Good declining oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Foxford Community School Coventry hidden gem -0.23 Good undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Finham Park 2 Coventry hidden gem -0.25 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Coundon Court Coventry -0.28 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Ernesford Grange Community Academy Coventry -0.37 Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 WMG Academy for Young Engineers Coventry -0.44 Good — approximate
19 West Coventry Academy Coventry hidden gem -0.46 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Lyng Hall School Coventry -0.61 Not judged undersubscribed 0.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Meadow Park School Coventry -0.61 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Coventry

1 further secondary school with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Coventry, not a fairer one.

Applying in Coventry

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